NASA Celebrates Edwin Hubble's Discovery of a New Universe
Edwin Hubble was the first astronomer to take the initial steps that would ultimately lead to the Hubble Space Telescope, revealing a seemingly infinite ocean of galaxies.
NASA's Hubble Restarts Science in New Pointing Mode
May 31, 2024 · NASA successfully transitioned operations for the agency's Hubble Space Telescope to an alternate operating mode that uses one gyro, returning the spacecraft to daily science operations …
NASA's Hubble Finds More Black Holes than Expected in the Early ...
Sep 17, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. …
NASA's Hubble Finds that a Black Hole Beam Promotes Stellar Eruptions
Sep 26, 2024 · The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. …
Andromeda M31 PHAST Mosaic Video | HubbleSite
This video opens with the largest photomosaic ever assembled from Hubble Space Telescope observations. It is a panoramic view of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, located 2.5 million light …
Hubble's Planetary Nebula Gallery | HubbleSite
[Bottom left] - Hubble 5 is a striking example of a "butterfly" or bipolar (two-lobed) nebula. The heat generated by fast winds causes each of the lobes to expand, much like a pair of balloons with …
Quasar 3C 273 | HubbleSite
A Hubble Space Telescope image of the core of quasar 3C 273. A coronagraph on Hubble blocks out the glare coming from the supermassive black hole at the heart of the quasar.
NASA's Hubble Finds Water Vapor in Small Exoplanet's Atmosphere
Jan 25, 2024 · Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope observed the smallest exoplanet where water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere. At only approximately twice Earth's …
Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC 2261) | HubbleSite
Hubble's variable nebula is named (like the Hubble telescope itself) after the American astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who carried out some of the early studies of this object.
NASA's Hubble Traces Dark Matter in Dwarf Galaxy Using Stellar Motions
Jul 11, 2024 · By analyzing NASA's Hubble Space Telescope data gathered over an almost two-decade span, astronomers have charted stellar movements within a galaxy and discovered the likely …